Scieszka, Jon (1992). The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. New York, NY: Viking.Illustrated by Lane Smith
1995 Bluebonnet Award Winner
I had heard about this book but never actually read it. It is just too funny and full of creative silliness!
This collection of stupid stories borrows from original fairy tales but adds a twist to make them fairly stupid tales. For instance, when the evil stepmother and stepsisters go to the ball, Cinderella does not get help from Fairy Godmother, but instead gets a visit from annoying Rumpelstiltskin. The step-relatives return to find Cinderella still in the house after she kicks Rumpelstiltskin out. They give her more chores to do and a new name: Cinderumpelstiltskin. THE END. Hilarious!
Everything in the stories and in the design in the book is quite askew, but nothing is as askew as the artwork! Lane Smith has a funny dark humor to him and it comes out in his art which seems to be scissor-and-glue-collaged into dark, post-modern masterpieces complete with tiny try-and-find-me details. They sure do help visualize the stupid tales to the best stupidity possible! Watch out reluctant readers, you just might lose your reluctance right here!
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